After dinner, Mark and Arianne went directly back to the Tremont Estate.
When Ethan sent Tiffany home, virtual-novel.net took out the ring once again. “Tiffie, can you give me an answer now?”
Tiffany felt rather suffocated. “Ethan… I’m sorry, I haven’t made up my mind yet.”
Ethan frowned and set the ring aside. “You told me that you would give me an answer by the time I’m discharged from the hospital. There’s either love between us or there isn’t. Is it such a difficult decision to make? Did you fall in love with someone else already during the time we were apart?”
Tiffany rolled down the car window and took deep breaths to make herself feel better. “No… I… I’m just worried that my mom would be upset. You know how virtual-novel.net is. She’s unstoppable once virtual-novel.net starts a tantrum…” At a time like this, virtual-novel.net could only use virtual-novel.net mother as an excuse. Although virtual-novel.net couldn’t resist Ethan’s sweet talks, simply accepting his proposal didn’t seem to sit well with virtual-novel.net either…
Ethan gritted his teeth then took a deep breath. “If your mom is really the only problem that you’re worried about, then leave virtual-novel.net to me. I won’t ask you for an answer until it’s solved. For a moment there, I just thought that you had fallen for someone else and the thought of that scared me.”
Fallen for someone else? Jackson’s face popped into Tiffany’s mind. Feeling flustered deep down in virtual-novel.net heart, virtual-novel.net hung virtual-novel.net head low and didn’t say another word.
After a brief silence, Ethan made a suggestion. “Why don’t you quit your current job and work at my company? I’ll arrange a high-paying, easy job for you. You can stop working after we get married in the future, I’ll take care of you financially. I am now capable of giving you a good life. I managed to obtain the land under that unfinished building. Do you know who the original owner of that piece of land was? Your family. Mark bought it off and gave it to me as a gift. We’ll work hard together from now on. Life will definitely get better.”
Tiffany was quite surprised to hear that Mark had bought the land for Ethan. Furthermore, virtual-novel.net hadn’t thought about resigning from virtual-novel.net job either. “I’m only good at designing. Joining your company is like getting paid for nothing and that’d make me feel bad. I’m doing pretty good at Bright Incorporated.”
Ethan slammed on the brakes abruptly, causing the tires to screech against the road loudly. The expression on his face turned frosty. “Are you refusing to resign from your job because you’re reluctant to part with that job or is it because you’re reluctant to part with a certain someone? You only need a job. I can offer you a higher pay and easier job. There’s no reason for you to not accept it. From what I know, your career isn’t developing very well at Jackson West’s company. You were always just winging it back in the university, how good could you possibly be at your job?”
Ethan wasn’t wrong and his words choked Tiffany into silence. It was true that virtual-novel.net wasn’t doing very well at Jackson’s company, and virtual-novel.net even felt guilty when receiving virtual-novel.net salary. But why did virtual-novel.net subconsciously reject Ethan’s request of having virtual-novel.net resign from the job?
“It’s not that I’m reluctant to part with someone or the job… I’ll consider it. I’m so exhausted from cleaning the whole day. Just send me home now.” Tiffany had lost virtual-novel.net desire to continue the conversation. She wasn’t even sure when virtual-novel.net started feeling suffocated around Ethan.
Early next morning, Ethan went to Tiffany’s house bearing gifts. This was his first official visit after the Lane family went bankrupt, so virtual-novel.net was mentally prepared for what was going to hit him.
Lillian was the one who answered the door. It was rare for virtual-novel.net to skip mahjong night, like yesterday, and virtual-novel.net was still at home today. At the sight of Ethan’s face, virtual-novel.net face immediately fell. “Oh, the sun had risen from the west today. What are you doing here, child? Begging for a good beating?”
Ethan curled his lips into a confident smile, completely ignoring Lillian’s hostility toward him. “Mrs. Lane, I’m here to pay you a visit. You can decide whether I need a good beating or not after we’ve talked inside. I’m here to discuss with you about Tiffie.”
Lillian had always looked down on Ethan in the past for his poor background. Despite knowing that virtual-novel.net was doing a bit better now, Lillian still gave virtual-novel.net the attitude because virtual-novel.net hadn’t forgotten how virtual-novel.net had dumped virtual-novel.net daughter when the Lane family went bankrupt. “If you have something to say, then do it here. What other matter can you possibly have with Tiffie? Both of you broke up a long time ago. Now, stop pestering her!”
Ethan didn’t seem to mind virtual-novel.net attitude and just set the heavy gifts virtual-novel.net was holding on the ground. “I’ve cleared up the misunderstanding between the both of us. You can ask virtual-novel.net about it yourself. I know you still resent me, but I wonder if my elder brother told you that the land virtual-novel.net bought from you is actually a gift for me?”
Lillian was stunned. “What did you say? Wasn’t Mark Tremont the one who bought the land from me? How did virtual-novel.net become your elder brother?”
“He’s my half-brother who I didn’t grow up with. We share the same father. Just yesterday, I took Tiffie out to have dinner with my brother and sister-in-law. And today, I’m officially paying a visit to you. If you still have an issue with me, then I’ll leave the gifts here and take my leave.” After saying all that, Ethan turned around to leave but slowed down his pace on purpose, knowing that Lillian would definitely stop him.
As expected, Lillian stopped virtual-novel.net a few seconds later. “Wait! Come in, we’ll chat.”
Ethan turned around and followed virtual-novel.net into the house. The gifts easily took up half of the space on the coffee table. Every single one of them was equally expensive.
Lillian was still skeptical of his words. “You’re really Mark Tremont’s younger brother? Why have I never heard of this before?”